REAL ESTATE

Sleeping Bag Optional

We test-drive cars before buying. So shouldn’t we do the same with a home?

(Illustration by Shout)

By Daniel McGinn

March 16, 2008

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Steve Edelman was shopping for a beach house – but before he made an offer, he wanted to stay overnight. Edelman, a San Francisco television producer, had gotten the idea from a 2005 New York Times story, which reported that a few high-end Manhattan brokers occasionally allowed would-be buyers to sleep over. The owner of the beach house, located just ... (Full article: 843 words)